Brendan L. O’Connell

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Brendan L. O’Connell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan L. O’Connell has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Brendan L. O’Connell's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Brendan L. O’Connell is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (4 papers). Brendan L. O’Connell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Brendan L. O’Connell's co-authors include Richard E. Green, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Nicholas H. Putnam, Robert Calef, Andrew J. Fields, Brandon Rice, David Haussler, Paul D. Hartley, Christopher J. Troll and Marco Blanchette and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Brendan L. O’Connell

15 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chromosome-scale shotgun assembly using an in vitro method for long-range linkage
    2016 468 citations Nicholas H. Putnam, Brendan L. O’Connell et al. Genome Research profile →
  2. Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution
    2020 231 citations Oleg Simakov, Ferdinand Marlétaz et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brendan L. O’Connell United States 7 695 352 310 131 80 15 1.0k
Robert Calef United States 3 460 0.7× 277 0.8× 225 0.7× 81 0.6× 63 0.8× 4 702
Michael W. Vandewege United States 14 400 0.6× 242 0.7× 176 0.6× 87 0.7× 87 1.1× 33 657
Kerstin Howe United Kingdom 14 877 1.3× 402 1.1× 398 1.3× 164 1.3× 130 1.6× 28 1.5k
André Pires‐daSilva United States 20 532 0.8× 307 0.9× 317 1.0× 258 2.0× 111 1.4× 41 1.2k
Camille Berthelot France 12 826 1.2× 269 0.8× 377 1.2× 156 1.2× 34 0.4× 15 1.1k
Masafumi Nozawa Japan 17 745 1.1× 445 1.3× 541 1.7× 227 1.7× 195 2.4× 44 1.8k
Zongji Wang China 14 589 0.8× 192 0.5× 756 2.4× 102 0.8× 206 2.6× 29 1.3k
Marlys L. Houck United States 16 627 0.9× 312 0.9× 569 1.8× 213 1.6× 153 1.9× 42 1.4k
Mats E. Pettersson Sweden 20 508 0.7× 300 0.9× 793 2.6× 126 1.0× 86 1.1× 55 1.3k
Niv Sabath United States 19 668 1.0× 365 1.0× 329 1.1× 260 2.0× 319 4.0× 27 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brendan L. O’Connell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brendan L. O’Connell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brendan L. O’Connell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brendan L. O’Connell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brendan L. O’Connell. Brendan L. O’Connell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Nichols, Ruth V., Lauren Rylaarsdam, Brendan L. O’Connell, et al.. (2024). Atlas-scale single-cell DNA methylation profiling with sciMETv3. Cell Genomics. 5(1). 100726–100726. 3 indexed citations
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Felton, Annika M., Robert Spitzer, David Raubenheimer, et al.. (2024). Increased intake of tree forage by moose is associated with intake of crops rich in nonstructural carbohydrates. Ecology. 105(9). e4377–e4377. 2 indexed citations
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Acharya, Sonia N., Ruth V. Nichols, Lauren Rylaarsdam, et al.. (2024). sciMET-cap: high-throughput single-cell methylation analysis with a reduced sequencing burden. Genome biology. 25(1). 186–186. 2 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Brendan L., Ruth V. Nichols, Dmitry Pokholok, et al.. (2023). Atlas-scale single-cell chromatin accessibility using nanowell-based combinatorial indexing. Genome Research. 33(2). 208–217. 6 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Brendan L., Ruth V. Nichols, John Muschler, et al.. (2023). Accessible high-throughput single-cell whole-genome sequencing with paired chromatin accessibility. Cell Reports Methods. 3(11). 100625–100625. 2 indexed citations
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Mighell, Taylor L., Andrew Nishida, Brendan L. O’Connell, et al.. (2022). Cas12a-Capture: A Novel, Low-Cost, and Scalable Method for Targeted Sequencing. The CRISPR Journal. 5(4). 548–557. 1 indexed citations
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Nichols, Ruth V., Brendan L. O’Connell, Ryan M. Mulqueen, et al.. (2022). High-throughput robust single-cell DNA methylation profiling with sciMETv2. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7627–7627. 24 indexed citations
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Simakov, Oleg, Jessen V. Bredeson, Ferdinand Marlétaz, et al.. (2022). Deeply conserved synteny and the evolution of metazoan chromosomes. Science Advances. 8(5). eabi5884–eabi5884. 99 indexed citations
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Mulqueen, Ryan M., Dmitry Pokholok, Brendan L. O’Connell, et al.. (2021). High-content single-cell combinatorial indexing. Nature Biotechnology. 39(12). 1574–1580. 54 indexed citations
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Saremi, Nedda F., Jonas Oppenheimer, Christopher Vollmers, et al.. (2021). An Annotated Draft Genome for the Andean Bear,Tremarctos ornatus. Journal of Heredity. 112(4). 377–384. 6 indexed citations
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Simakov, Oleg, Ferdinand Marlétaz, Jia‐Xing Yue, et al.. (2020). Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(6). 820–830. 231 indexed citations breakdown →
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McGuire, Jimmy A., Darko D. Cotoras, Brendan L. O’Connell, et al.. (2018). Squeezing water from a stone: high-throughput sequencing from a 145-year old holotype resolves (barely) a cryptic species problem in flying lizards. PeerJ. 6. e4470–e4470. 40 indexed citations
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Lazar, Nathan H., Kimberly A. Nevonen, Brendan L. O’Connell, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic maintenance of topological domains in the highly rearranged gibbon genome. Genome Research. 28(7). 983–997. 68 indexed citations
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Putnam, Nicholas H., Brendan L. O’Connell, Brandon Rice, et al.. (2016). Chromosome-scale shotgun assembly using an in vitro method for long-range linkage. Genome Research. 26(3). 342–350. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Longo, Gary C., Brendan L. O’Connell, Richard E. Green, & Giacomo Bernardi. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of the black surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni: Selection and substitution rates among surfperches (Embiotocidae). Marine Genomics. 28. 107–112. 3 indexed citations

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